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Doncaster’s claims he didn’t know about players signing £1-a-week deals until he read them in our pages have also raised eyebrows.

We told earlier last month how Queen’s Park have been riding roughshod over their amateur status by offering £1-a-week professional deals.

However, Record Sport first exposed the existence of those contracts in 2014 when St Mirren starlet Kieran Doran reported his club to HMRC for offering the peppercorn salaries - and won his case.

Dornan has now written to the convenor of the public petitions committee, MSP Johann Lamont, asking for an investigation in the latest move in the long running petition, first introduced by grassroots campaigners Willie Smith and Scott Robertson seven years ago.

James Dornan SNP (Image: Daily Record & Sunday Mail)

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Dornan wrote: “I would ask you to write to Mr Doncaster for clarification of these two instances of conflicting information and, if you deem it appropriate, to invite him back to the committee to give further evidence.”

Lamont told Record Sport : “We would of course be concerned if any of the evidence we received was not accurate. The committee believes these issues deserve full scrutiny and clear action to address them.

“It is vital that a system is in place that ensures the rights and welfare of children and young people are respected. At the moment there are question marks on how willing the SFA and SPFL are to address this issue.

“This petition has been under consideration for some time and the committee would expect to see clear progress in the coming months.”